This Map Shows How Much Territory ISIS Has Lost In Syria And Iraq From Its Peak

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This map shows how dramatically ISIS territory has diminished since the group took power. US Department of State

Business Insider: This map shows how ISIS has been almost completely wiped out

* ISIS's control in Syria as of December 13, 2017 is a tiny piece of what it once was in 2014 and 2015, according to a newly released State Department map.
* The map shows ISIS's dramatic losses of territory in 2017.
* While ISIS is on its way to losing all territory in Syria, many fighters have fled the fighting, either fanning out throughout the country by traveling through government-held territory or sneaking across the border to Turkey.

A newly released map from the US State Department illustrates the huge losses the terrorist group ISIS has seen in 2017.

While ISIS used to control land stretching from central Iraq to north-central Syria at the peak of its power, it's territorial holdings have shrunken considerably since then.

The State Department map shows that the group is still dominant in three areas of Syria — in the far southwest on the border with Israel, around the town of Abu Kamal near Syria's eastern border with Iraq, and in the northwest near land controlled by the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces.

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WNU Editor: It is amazing that they were able to conquer all of this territory in the first place.